Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichies and Chinua Achebes

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" Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichies and Chinua Achebes "
Faith O. Ibhawaegbele, J.N. Edokpayi

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1076506
Doc. No	:	LA120135
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18757421-040001012‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Faith O. Ibhawaegbele
	:	J.N. Edokpayi
Title & Author	:	Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichies and Chinua Achebes [Article]\ Faith O. Ibhawaegbele, J.N. Edokpayi
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Matatu
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	40/1
Page No	:	191–208
Abstract	:	The use of the English language for literary creation has been the bane of Nigerian literature. Nigeria has a very complex linguistic system; as a result, its citizens communicate either in their indigenous languages or in English, depending on the situation in which they find themselves. The use of English in Nigerian literature in general and prose fiction in particular is influenced by both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. In their attempt to offer solutions to the problems of language in literary expression, Nigerian novelists adapt English to varying linguistic and socio-cultural contexts. This has resulted in experimentation and the employment of various creative-stylistic strategies and devices in prose fiction. Our focus in this essay is on the conditioning influences of situational variables on the language and styles of Nigerian novelists, with Chimamanda Adichie and Chinua Achebe as a case study. We shall examine and explicate how situational variables influence and impose constraints on the language and styles of novelists, and how they adapt English, which is in contact with the various indigenous languages, to the varying local Nigerian situations and experiences.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Comparative Studies World Literature
Descriptor	:	Criticism Theory
Descriptor	:	Cultural History
Descriptor	:	Literature Culture
Descriptor	:	Literature and Cultural Studies
Descriptor	:	Postcolonial Literature Culture
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18757421-040001012‬